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Final Destination 3D: Movie Review September 25th, 2009 Posted by Jennifer Lewis

Can you defeat death? Can you escape your fate? In this the fourth installment of the Final Destination franchise, these questions are once again posed to a group of unsuspecting college kids and those around them. Taking a page from the reality of the race track accident which killed fans in the stands several years ago, a scenario which before that accident would seem preposterous, the main characters of the film are carefree as they enjoy the thrill of potentially seeing a car race, which one character notes is only good if there is a wait for it….car crash. Although this is a bit over the top for foreshadowing, Final Destination fans know that this too shall pass and move on to some graphic death scenes, and in this respect, this movie does not disappoint.

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Jennifer's Body: Movie Review September 25th, 2009 Posted by Jennifer Lewis

Yes, I know what you are thinking! No way could this be good. Too many cliches and teenage debauchery have to have dragged this down. Honestly, it was much tamer than would be expected and most everything was left to the imagination, which is key in creating real horror, as honestly who really needs to see a leg being crushed in an escalator, a la Final Destination 3D.

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A Perfect Getaway: Movie Review September 25th, 2009 Posted by Jennifer Lewis

This suspense filled drama took my breath away. Where most movie plots are entirely predictable, this cannot be said of The Perfect Getaway. With more twists and turns than the path taken by the newlywed main characters during their honeymoon hike to an idyllic location, you are left guessing until the last second.

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District 9: A Distinct Take on Racism in the Future September 3rd, 2009 Posted by Jennifer Lewis

Ever heard the saying that we are doomed to repeat history if we do not learn from it? District 9, Peter Jackson’s scifimentary (science fiction documentary), takes an introspective look on mankind’s inability to be stop ourselves from repeating our history of abusing and subjugating those who we designate as different or the other. In this case, the other are aliens. Previously depicted in other films as evil, cunning and war like, Jackson takes artistic license by instead depicting them as peaceful simple creatures whose main focus is on seeking scavenging for food and surviving in their ramshackle shelters. When they inadvertently lose power to their spaceship over post-Apartheid Johannesburg, the aliens find themselves put into a temporary camp until a long-term solution is found. Ten years later, tensions are high and the temporary camp is now cordoned off from the rest of the citizens of the city by barbed wire while plans for moving the aliens even further away begin as orchestrated by the government agency dedicated to controlling the alien problem .

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Funny People: A Situational Comedy Worth Seeing August 11th, 2009 Posted by Jennifer Lewis

Comedy is not for everyone, and as an avid movie-goer, I certainly understand that. Yet, a new form of movies have emerged which provide a comedic look at what are otherwise dramatic situations, i.e. situational comedies. Some of new situational comedies are much more than what they appear to be on the surface. Such a comedy is Judd Apatow’s new offering, Funny People. In this situational comedy, Apatow chronicles what may be the unfunniest topic ever, i.e. death, and in doing so, shows his skill as a master story taker by doing just what he sets out to do: make an inventive and enthralling situational comedy.

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